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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Rhian Lubin

‘Bomb went off’: Report reveals moment Epstein files rocked the White House and why Trump is desperate to keep them secret

The moment Pam Bondi’s Justice Department and the FBI quietly dropped a memo on the Fourth of July weekend, attempting to draw a line under the Jeffrey Epstein files saga, it was “like a bomb went off” in the White House, a new report reveals.

For President Donald Trump’s administration, the handling of the Epstein case has been a chaotic summer of “disorganization,” high-stakes strategy meetings in the Situation Room, “finger-pointing,” and a series of “unforced errors,” The Wall Street Journal reports.

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